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I’m brewing up a list of the best books I read in 2005 (not necessarily published this yet, just read this year). Are you going to do the same?
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1. Rear WindowThe eyes have it. 2. Rebecca“We’re happy, aren’t we, darling?” 3. Shadow of a DoubtCharlie vs. Uncle Charlie 4. The BirdsROD TAYLOR 5. NotoriousWatch the key. 6. North By NorthwestCut to: shot of a train speeding into a dark tunnel. 7. VertigoSalina, Kansas. 8. Rope“I can’t go on being the gay girl.” 9.…
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The company that owns 90% of Phoenix’s malls uses this tagline for its brand: Nirvana for the passionate shopper. First, although it sounds nice and new agey and calming, the biggest mistake here is using the terms passionate and nirvana together in the same sentence. Nirvana is the complete absence of desire (in many Buddhist…
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Recommendations for Halloween viewing: 10. The GrudgeNot only does this surprisingly bizarre thriller feature Sarah Michelle Gellar in her first post-Buffy/non-Daphne role, director Takashi Shimizu’s bleak nightmare shuffles its narrative to keep you guessing until the end. Sad, strange, and uncomfortable, The Grudge is a sadly overlooked example of the horror genre in capable hands.…
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Don’t seduce a poet with poems; use music instead.
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It was a good week for me and poetry. This week I finished off David St. John’s The Face and started and finished Catherine Barnett’s Into Perfect Spheres Such Holes Are Pierced. The Face is a wildly imaginative project, an idea I wish I would have (and could have?) had myself: a middle-aged man comes…
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